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Election Commission today ordered registering FIRs against three candidates in UP and one in Manipur after a TV sting purportedly showed them indulging in electoral malpractices.
Taking cognisance of the sting by a private TV news channel, the Commission directed poll authorities in the two states to issue show cause notices to the candidates and lodge FIRs.
The candidates identified by the Commission through the sting are BSP’s Ateeq Ahmad Saifi contesting from Moradabad, SP’s Atul Garg from Agra North and Peace Party’s Rakesh Balmeeki from Agra Cantt. Woba Joram from the Mao seat in Manipur is the other candidate against whom action has been ordered.